The Asia-Pacific Six August 2020 Major is happening from August 4-9

Catch exciting Rainbow Six Siege action starting tomorrow!

Get ready, Rainbow Six fans! The Asia-Pacific Six August 2020 Major is happening from August 4-9, 2020, and will feature the top teams in the region which will battle it out for the lion’s share of the USD 125,000 prize pool.

As detailed by Ubisoft back in June, the Asia-Pacific Six August 2020 Major will see matches from the North Division plus Oceania and South Asia teams. In the North Division, the 6 highest placing teams will compete in a single elimination bracket, with the top two ranking teams of the North Division league starting directly in the Semi Finals:

  • Giants Gaming
  • Cloud9
  • Guts Gaming
  • Xavier Esports
  • Fav Gaming
  • Cyclops

The top 3 teams from the Oceanic Nationals will compete in a single elimination tournament with Wildcard starting directly in the Grand Finale:

  • Wildcard Gaming
  • Okami
  • Pittsburgh Knights

In South Asia, the 4 best teams from the South Asia Nationals will enter a single elimination bracket:

  • MercenarieZ
  • Union Gaming
  • KIRA E-Sports
  • MonkaS

Meanwhile, here is the full schedule of the matches:

  • Tuesday, August 4th starting at 4PM UTC+8: North Division Quarter Finals (Bo3)
  • Wednesday, August 5th starting at 4PM UTC+8: North Division Semi-Finals (Bo3)
  • Thursday, August 6th starting at 4PM UTC+8: Oceania Preliminary Final between Okami and Pittsburgh Knights (Bo3)
  • Thursday, August 6th starting at 7:30PM UTC+8: South Asia Semi-Finals (Bo3)
  • Friday, August 7th starting at 7:30PM UTC+8: South Asia Grand Finale (Bo5)
  • Saturday, August 8th starting at 3PM UTC+8: Oceania Grand Finale (Bo5)
  • Sunday, August 9th starting at 4PM UTC+8: North Division Grand Finale (Bo5)

All matches of the Asia-Pacific Six August 2020 Major will be broadcast in English live on https://www.twitch.tv/rainbow6sea. The Asia-Pacific event will be followed by the Latin-American Major starting August 7th, the North American Major starting August 14, and the European Major starting August 21.